William huddle



(No Model.) W; HUDDLE.

SEPARATOR AND STAGKER. No. 559,174. atentedAprr28, 189 6,

UNITED STATES IVILLIAM HUDDLE, OF MARION, OHIO, ASSIGNOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

PATENT O FICE.

TO THE MARION OF SAME PLACE.

SEPARATOR AND STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,174, dated April 28, 1896. Application filed February 3, 1896. Serial No. 577,781. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HUDDLE, of

Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separators and Stackers; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. 7

My invention relates to improvements in separators and stackers, and more especially to an improved construction and arrangement of a pneumatic stacker between the strawchamber and chaff-chamber in the rear portion of the separator.

Heretofore the fan of the pneumatic stacker, instrumental in carrying the straw and chaff into the outlet or oiftake-pipe, has been placed beyond the rear end of the separator, and this location of the fan necessitated a considerable lengthening of the machine.

The primary object of my invention is to reduce the length of the machine; and with this object in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as. hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the rear portion of a separator embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of .the same on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the straw-chamber of the separator; B, the chaffchamber; 0, the straw-carrier for conducting the straw through the rear end of the strawchamber.

The straw and chaff are separated by means of apparatus well understood in the art, and not considered necessary to illustrate in this application. Suffice it to state that the chaff and straw are conducted or transmitted in any approved manner to the chaff-chamber and rear end of the straw-chamber, respectively.

Straw-carrier O inclines upwardly toward the rear end of the machine and terminates, at its rear extremity, a suitable distance forward of the rear extremity of the machine, extends below the and the straw-chamber .within case D.

rear end of said straw-carrier, as at a. The chaff-chamber is of course located below the straw-carrier and any suitable distance forward of the rear and downwardly-extending portion a of the straw-chamber. A fan-containing case D is interposed between portion aof the straw-chamber and the chaff-chamber, and the chamber of said case is in open relation at one side with the outlet or oif'takepipe E, that extends upwardly at one side and outside of the machine. a

d designates the suitably actuated fan Said fan is operatively mounted, in the case illustrated, upon a horizontally-arranged shaft d,'that extends forwardly through the forward head D of case D and has bearing in a stationary box d supported in anyapproved manner. Shaft cl is shown provided with a driving-pulley (1 to which power is applied in any suitable manner. The forward head D of case D, below the fan-shaft, is provided with the chaff-receiving opening D and G designates a suitably-constructed and suitably-actuated upwardly and rearwardly inclined carrier or conveyor for conducting the chaff from the chaff-chamber through opening D into the fan-containing case. The rear head D of case D is provided centrally with an opening D}, that establishes communication between portion a of the straw-chamber and the fancontaining chamber.

The operation of the pneumatic device illustrated will be readily understood. having been set in motion creates a suction within case D and conveys thestraw .and chaff that are sucked or drawn into the fancontaining chamber into the outlet or offtake-pipe E, by which the straw and chaff are conveyed to the stack.

WVhat I claim is 1. In a separator and stacker, the combination with the straw-chamber,chaff-chamber and outlet or offtake passageway, of pneumatiomeans interposed between saidchambers and capable of effecting the transmission of the straw and chaff from her and chaff-chamber, respectively, to the offtake or outlet passage-way, substantially as set forth.

2. In a separator and stacker, a pneumatic The fan the straw-chani- IOO device suitably arranged within the rear portion, and a suitable distance from the rear extremity, of the machine, in combination with the straw-chamber communicating with said pneumatic device from the rear, the chaffchamber communicating with said pneumatic device from the front, and the offtake or outlet passage-way leading from said pneumatic device and instrumental in conducting off the straw and chaff, substantially as set forth.

3. In a separator and stacker, the combination with the chaff-chamber, and the strawchamber extending into the rear portion of the machine and downwardly a suitable distance behind the chaff-chamber, of pneumatic means interposed between the chaff-chamber and rear and downwardly-extending portion of the straw-chamber, and an offtake or outlet pipe communicating with the pneumatic device, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

4. In a separator and stacker, a fan-containing case within the rear portion, and a suitable distance from the rear extremity, of the machine, and having a chaff-receiving opening and a straw-receiving opening, and the suitably-operated fan within said case, in combination with the straw chamber and chaff-chamber communicating with the strawreceiving opening and chaff-receiving opening, respectively, of the fan-containing case, and the otftake or outlet pipe communicating with the chamber of the fan-containin g case, and leading from said case at the side of the machine, substantially as set forth.

5. In a separator and stacker, the case 1) arranged within the rear portion, and a suitable distance from the rear extremity, of the machine, and having a chaff-receivin g opening and a straw-receiving opening at the front and rear, respectively, the suitably'operated fan within said case, and the offt-ake or out let pipe communicating and leading from the chamber of the case at the side of the machine, in combination with the straw-chamber and chaff-chamber communicating with the strawreceiving opening and chaff-receiving opening, respectively, of the fan-containing case, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 23d day of January, 1896.

WILLIAM HUD'DLE \Vitnesses:

L. E. GATES, J. W. STRINGER. 

